Guest guest Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Great post and so inspiring for us all. I hope that newbies will see that they too can 'get' IE!! Thanks so much for sharing that Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning: > > Good morning all, > > I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6 p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm > asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She looks at me funny and then changes the subject! > > Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it > enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not. So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food. AMAZING! > > I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey. Anyone else want to share some of yours? > > Latoya > Practicing IE since Jan '08 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hey Latoya! Great post! You took such good care of yourself! I've been paying close attention to how I take care of myself lately. I was that jolly fat person that let everybody walk all over her and then shoveled food in my face before I felt anything. So lately, I've been a royal bitch! Hahahahaha! I'm not saying this is the way I want to be - but the point is that I'm noticing a change in myself and it feels sooooooooooooooooo good! I love being able to stand up for myself and I especially love " allowing " others to take responsibility for their " selves " especially when I used to take on their crap too. Deb > > I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning: > > Good morning all, > > I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6 p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm > asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She looks at me funny and then changes the subject! > > Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it > enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not. So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food. AMAZING! > > I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey. Anyone else want to share some of yours? > > Latoya > Practicing IE since Jan '08 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Oooh, I love this post. It immediately reminded me of that book title, Nice Girls Finish Fat. lol KT > > > > I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning: > > > > Good morning all, > > > > I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6 p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm > > asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She looks at me funny and then changes the subject! > > > > Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it > > enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not. So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food. AMAZING! > > > > I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey. Anyone else want to share some of yours? > > > > Latoya > > Practicing IE since Jan '08 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational > > I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning: > > Good morning all, > > I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6 p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm > asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She looks at me funny and then changes the subject! > > Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it > enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not. So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food. AMAZING! > > I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey. Anyone else want to share some of yours? > > Latoya > Practicing IE since Jan '08 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 I was somewhat skeptical when I read in both Intuitive Eating and When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies that I could look forward to one day only feeling compelled to eat when I'm hungry. That idea sounded strange and lofty to me. However, I was willing to commit to the process, which is one of the most sane and holistic frameworks that I had ever read. I know that dominantly responding to my non-hunger/emotional needs with other means besides food is possible now...because I am having more and more experiences of this after practicing IE for 1 year and 7 months now. The process will never be perfect of course. Everyone at one point has eaten when they were not hungry...and that's ok. However, I realized that I was way too dependent on using food to soothe myself...eating was my dominant self-soothing mechanism. Self-nurturing is much more effective when we respond to true biological hunger with food and self-soothe emotional and physiological hunger/discomfort with other skills. It does take consistent practice of the IE principles to transition from dominantly using food to employing other options. So, I see myself shifting from using food like 98% of the time to self soothe to using food like 2% of the time to self-soothe...and that's AMAZING. And, even that 2% of food use will be mindful. I will learn from it and be gentle with myself. I am just happy to report that practicing IE can work magic! Latoya .. > > Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Rock on! > > > > Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Fantastic! You have made peace with food! Subject: Re: Amazing Feats!?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 3:02 PM Rock on!> >> > Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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